Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho rubbishes Leicester title credentials

<h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has praised the work of Claudio Ranieri at Leicester" height="360" src="http://e1.365dm.com/15/11/16-9/20/jose-mourinho-chelsea_3380551.jpg?20151123171504" width="640" /></h3> <h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Leicester City climbed to the top of the premier league <span style="white-space: nowrap;">table </span>last weekend thanks to a 3-0 away victory at Newcastle United. The Foxes sit one point above second placed Manchester United who won away at Watford while Mourinho’s men trail the coach Claudio Ranieri led side with 14 points.</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">The Portuguese manager believes Ranieri - whom he replaced for his first stint as Chelsea boss in 2004 - and the Leicester players would not be </span><nobr style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">insulted</span></nobr><span style="line-height: 30px;"> by him ruling the Foxes out of the title race.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Whether they be title contenders or not, we should focus on what they are doing and say they are doing amazingly well,” Mourinho said.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I am happy to see somebody in Ranieri that, when he signed for Leicester, all the bets were that he’d be the first one to be sacked, but he is top of the league.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I don’t think Ranieri and the Leicester players will insult me if I say I don’t believe they are going to be champions. I think they will accept my comment and feel more my compliments. They deserve respect for what they are doing.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 26.6px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 26.6px;">England striker Jamie Vardy who equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of </span><nobr style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 26.6px;"><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">scoring</span></nobr><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 26.6px;"> in 10 consecutive Premier League games on Saturday has been one of the star performers for the Foxes this season. </span></div>

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho rubbishes Leicester title credentials

Leicester City climbed to the top of the premier league table  last weekend thanks to a 3-0 away victory at Newcastle United. The Foxes s...

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